As Charlie got closer to the beach she could hear the sound of the party getting louder. She looked down at her yellow dress hoping that it looked ok. She felt a bit lost not being in her uniform, it had been a while since she wasn't on duty for a big event like this and she planned to enjoy it with her friends. "Charlieeeeeeeeeeeee" Ruby's scream broke her out of her day dream. "We were just about to come looking for you" her daughter said as she gave her a big hug."Sorry I had to make sure everything was covered for tonight before I left the station and it took a bit longer then I thought" "Always a cop" Ruby said with a sigh "but it doesn't matter you're here now" She gave her Mum another hug and pulled her over to their friends.

"Sorry who are you?" Miles asked with a grin on his face "I know someone that looks like you but she is always working and in her uniform so you can't be her!" Charlie gave Miles a playful hit. Leah laugh at her boyfriend "Leave her alone Miles, she didn't come out tonight to be annoyed by you. Now go and get us a drink" Miles knew better then to disagree with his girlfriend and went to get the girls a drink "Thanks Leah but you know he is right, I need to stop working so much. It's been to long since I have been able to come to something like this. Actually I think the last thing I went to anything was the singles night at Angelo's…" Charlie trailed off as she remembered what had happened that night. "Speaking of singles, we need to set you up with someone. There may not have been anyone at singles night but I'm sure there is someone here" Leah didn't seem to notice that Charlie had gotten lost in her thoughts. Bianca groaned at Leah's comment "just because you are deliriously happy with Miles doesn't mean the rest of us need a man to be happy. In fact I'm happier then I have been in a while" Charlie could tell her friend actually meant that "so things are totally over between you and Liam then" Bianca looked down for a minute before smiling a little and saying "yes its over. When things were good between us they were great but too much has changed, we are totally different people now and it just wasn't working for us. We could have stayed together but we would have just ended up hurting each other worse in the end. I knew it for a while and in the end he worked it out as well. Its better for both of us this way and now we can start moving on…." "so is there anyone helping you move on Bee, say maybe a certain Braxton brother…." "Charlie! That's personal….. actually wait no its not! Nothing is going on so there is nothing to tell you… ok!" Charlie laughed at her friend who had gone red "Sure I believe you" Charlie didn't ask anymore questions but she knew there was something Bianca wasn't telling her.

Brax looked down at his phone waiting for a message back. He knew she had the night off but it was unlike her not to text back even if she was working. She hadn't told him what she was doing tonight but with everyone at the beach party he thought they could spend some time together, maybe even go for a walk without being seen. He looked around at the just about empty restaurant knowing that most of the locals were down on the beach enjoying themselves. "Mark" he said to the head waiter "there is no point in me being here, you can lock up tonight" He checked his phone again before walking down to the beach.

When he arrived at the beach he stopped to look round. Some local kids were playing at one side of the party, the Riverboys were drinking at the edge of the water, and there was the normal group of locals standing around talking. His eyes stopped as he saw her dancing with Bianca by the bomb fire, he couldn't take his eyes off her she looked so beautiful and relaxed. It wasn't often he got to see her enjoying herself with friends normally they only spent time together alone.

"Charlie" Casey said nervously "I think someone is trying to get your attention" as he pointed to a person standing at the edge of the party. A smile come over Charlie's face as she looked up and saw him "Ill be back in a minute" she said to the group as she walked over to Brax.

"Hey you" He said looking down as she walked over. "Hey yourself" She said not take her eyes off him "I thought you were meant to be working" "I was" He dug his foot into the sand in front of him "but we aren't very busy so I thought I would come and see what is going on" "Well you cant see much from here" Charlie took a deep breath in and thought its now or never. As she took a step closer to him Brax looked up surprised that his girlfriend was willing to be seen like this with him in public. She took his hand and gave him a quick kiss before pulling him back over to the group, ignoring Colleens gasp as she walked passed. As Brax followed his girlfriend he couldn't help smiling at Colleen rubbing her eyes to make sure she wasn't seeing things, even he couldn't believe that she had just kissed him in public.